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Dailey named to HOF KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Columbiana High School graduate and former area wrestling coach Jim Dailey was inducted into the Florida chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame at the Florida High School Athletic Association state wrestling championships on March 2 at the ...

WVU wraps its worst season

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After being thoroughly embarrassed by Cincinnati in the regular-season finale, losing by 36 points, 92-56, West Virginia drew the Bearcats again in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament and interim coach Josh Eilert wanted to make sure his term as head coach did ...

Girls wrestling emerges on national level

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls’ wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport. “I fell in love with it the first time,” she said. Unlike previous ...

Indians share basketball bond

LISBON — Southern Local senior basketball standout Ashley Shroades spent her whole career chasing the school records set by Lana Corbisello. “Every time I broke a record, she wrote me a letter,” Ashley said. That has been going on since her freshman season. “She said she ...

Shroades named first team all-district

CANTON — The Crestview girls enjoyed a perfect regular season with sophomore Addison Rhodes and junior Luvrain Gaskins leading the charge. Rhodes and Gaskins are among the eight area players who captured first-team honors on the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association’s 2023-24 All-Northeast ...

ALL-NORTHEAST INLAND DISTRICT BASKETBALL

CANTON — The 2023-24 Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association All-Northeast Inland District basketball teams honor the players from parts of Stark, Summit, Portage, Medina, Wayne, Trumbull, Columbiana, Mahoning and Ashland counties. The teams are selected by a media panel from the district: BOYS ...